THE STORY OF MILK 



Red Danish 



But, alas! too many herds of dairy cattle average less 

 than 5,000 lbs. of milk per cow per year and do not 



pay for their feed. 



Many native cows re- 

 spond, however, to good 

 care and feed and with 

 a thoroughbred bull a 

 satisfactory herd can 

 readily be built up from 

 carefully selected native 

 stock. Such continued 

 cross-breeding is more apt to succeed than attempts to 

 cross two thorough- bred 

 breeds because the char- 

 acteristic features in 

 full blooded animals are 

 so strong as to in- 

 variably predominate in 

 the progeny over the 

 less pronounced forms 

 and tendencies inherent 

 in native cows. But 

 where two full-blooded 

 animals are mated and 



the 



Shorthorn, beef-strain 



Ayrshire 



strong characteristics in 

 each are fighting for 

 predominance the result 

 is apt to be a poor, ill- 

 proportioned ofTspring 

 as the result of atavism. 

 Beef-Cattle.— Cattle 

 bred and developed for 

 the purpose of pro- 

 ducing beef rather than 



